Research Article

Digestive Fermentation, Antioxidant Status, and Haemato-Biochemical Indices of Growing Rabbits Fed on Diets Supplemented with Ziziphus spina-christi Leaf

Table 1

Chemical composition of Ziziphus spina-christi leaves and differently tested diet (% on DM basis).

ItemZSCLZL0ZL10ZL20

DM92.6293.7693.3093.47
OM91.3791.0690.9291.00
CP8.5016.9416.8416.90
EE3.292.232.252.24
Ash8.638.949.089.00
NDF21.2536.6336.6336.63

Berseem hay (35%), barley (32%), wheat bran (15%), rice bran (3%), soya bean meal (10%), molasses (4%), limestone (0.75%), common salt (0.15%), mineral and vitamin mixture, and anticoccidial (0.1%).